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New Chairman of wartime prices and trade board discussed control regulations; Gov’t determined to enforce price ceiling program,

ll. S. Army may lake over mines

WASHINGTON. Nov. 21-0.?)- while guns biased along the picket lines and divliidllng coal Sllppllbl caused a curtailment oi steel pro-

0'I'I‘AWA, Nov. Ii -(CP> - A call to Canadians to enter the bat- tle against rising prices and beat inflation was issued tonight by Don- aid Gordon, new chairman of the wartime Drloes and trade board.

Following up his preliminary statement of policy this morning in which he empiasined that the gov- ernment is determined that the price-ceiling program going into ef- fect Dec. 1 will be carried out, Mr. Gordon in a radio address appeal- ed to the average citizen to keep

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CHARWITETOWN. CANADA, SATURDAY, Novaiviaaa 2

Encirclement Threat. Nov. 21—(OP)—'I‘he

l tonight that ‘serious situation’ had arisen in

the Tula area of the Moscow front and declared the Red army was “mobilizing all forces" to meet a German enclrclement threat there.

intense fighting raged in bitter

lly restful afternoon but his con-

unume in Kim . “minim 24in modem“ m“

"““‘°"°1n Albi A Mum; k on lump coal

0s —-_._ . “Elam-garner, a

l~ aQ-mhlidmitrion

elt today ‘walled a formal rep United Mine Workers his latest roposal for ending the strike in

e captive coal mules.

What the answer, w be formulat- ed tomorrow. wlll be is generally considered a foregone conclusion loi John i.. Lewis, the president of the lllli0il, has already rejected itl

rsonally. Tomorrow's session of Nit union's policy committee is ex-

cied men-Ly to ratify his action.

Mr. Roosevelt apparently feit. however, he could not proceed to his nexl siep (Washington expects some fornl of governmental action, tllll€f by legislation or army order; losrize the llllli_€S)-—-llntlI the union has answered ilinl officially, m; m- dicazed at his press conference he would do nothing until the union's reply is received.

Reports ivere current that fhe iimr is gelling ready to take over the mines li t gets the go-ahead rgna.

this objective before him:- “Prices must not rise: the

be beaten."

why this policy (of price fixlllg)

reason why it had to would be made to work,

"National necessity; urgent,

fasiiilies." Some Business Will Suffer

Certain business would some of them perhaps severely.

mistakes and difficulties. too. be-

a. battle."

or young, rich or poor woman, are a soldier in he said.

I I I iiondition is I I I "....Forget the reasons policy will not work. Remember on-

MONTREAL, Nov. 21- (OP) —- . The condition of Justice Minister lspolnle rvninliled critical tonight siwr a duy oiiiciully described as ‘fairly restful."

At 0.00 p. m. tonight Dr. J. R. Bouiln. medical director of Notre Dame hospiinl, issued the following bulletin: "The patient spent a fall'-

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Promotion for Chiefs of Staff

dlilon ienlailis critical."

"llieie have been no recurrence oi the heart attacks which made his condition "dangerous" Wednes- dsy and Thursday.

Today his breathing seemed eas- ier, and, as during the entire ill- ness he silent short periods chatting

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motion of the chiefs of staff the Canadian Navy. Army Force was announced tonight.

Rear-Admiral Percy W.

"ill "lflllmls °f m“ llmllY- "15 Chief of Naval Staff. becomes Butter figures showed greatest mlpfld "5 Vigorous as aver. Vice-Admiral. increase in Prince Edward Island lieel boiler today," he xcmark- May-Gen. l-I. D. G. Crerar, Chief “q gaslmmwwan when 194,; w. ‘d- PM "he" (Old m" “QWIPBDQT of General Stu-fl’. becomes Lieuten- tall; are up 31 per cent over the “l”? wmmmtcd ‘m “L! "m ant-General. the same rank as same period last year. Ont-AFT) and azisututloii, added: "Do they? Wei, that held by the officer command- Britigh Columbia, bath recorded lmly sl-ill get better." lng the Canadian Corps oversee-s. reduction; of less than one per

Lt-Gon. A. G. L. McNniifzlllilfl- cent. I a Air Vice-Marshal L, S. B endow‘. Alberta was ihe only rovince to chi-r of Air Staff, becomes Alt show a major increase or the 10- MM-mal, month period in cheese production

The announcement was mad"? in n, joint statement by Defence Min- lsier Ralston, Air Minister Power and Navy Minister Macdonald.

piwmotions are in k069- ing with he services of the offi- cer; concerned and the srowlns 1'6- ononsibiiives of the positions M“! also with the ranks held by offic- ers in the other Dcmlnions "per- forming corresponding duties, the statement said.

"Consequeiit on the DNIITiOtIOH n: May-Gen. Orerar Chief o! general staff, the Vice-Chief of General staff. Brig. K. Stuart. will be promoted to the rank of Maiof- General."

Charlottetown Air Observer graduates

Thailan’s Border Are reported.

BANQKOK. Thailand. Nov. sl- lAp'“l‘e“'illililfil‘s today reported flileast lurch violations of Thai-- mods eastern frontier with French|

(lo-China.

Th? oaiieiqrraiapti said a.n unid- entified foreign plane flew over the M“ °l Amnvaprades, near the fifth border. at midnight Mon- Talv and rc-iimied toward Cambodia.

t ncwsrucl- Supiirburets re- llfriled that two French planes dlttqd over nciwlieastern frontier 1S rlcis for l0 minutes Tuesday af-

ernoon. soldiers crossed

“fin Annnmite if‘, Mekong River Tuesday night , iiliiniicmd n Thai village, the V0015 snid,

mPbz-V “l” “ported that the Thai ,.,,,, ‘Y i" Tokyo had advised if,‘ m‘ m‘ l" 80 To Ja an for ‘codllftklll, due to difflcu ties of

and travel in that country.

Coming Events

h“ jut l" Notices in this >_-J_eeiits 0er_woril

DAFOE. Sasln, Nov. 2i—(G‘P)— Al;- nbaervers and wireless alr Kim" nerd riimwhdg No a bombl-ia and glillinlilal-votlchool here will! lncllld‘ ed: '

A Observers: pi-lno. Edward Isiand-d-‘iobert o Fa uhai-son, Charlottetown.

‘Wireless Air Gunners:

Nova Scotim-H. E. Bridgewaier: Gordon Bpringhill.

Kirkland Lake Strike deadlocked

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l‘ . Dl-iall Tuesday. November

w‘ .3“! after in aid of W191i s institute. L-BID-ll-il-Sl.

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Union statements maintenance of order

price ceiling must be held; inflation must

He said he could give “50 reasons will not work, but outwelghing these was one imperative and lmpelling work and ‘The reason is necessity," he said. dire,

undeniable-for the survival of this country and your homes and your

suffer, takes would be made, perhaps some bad ones. He asked Canadians to realize the probable hardships and cause Dec. 1 they were "going into

"You, wherever you may live, old , man or this army," why this ‘

AWA. Nov. 21—-(OP)—-Pi'0- Qloent increase over Ociobe and AIII

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cold on all key roads to Moscow. Dispatches from the Soviet capital said the latest German advance, be three days ago, had been

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hed to a standstill.

The Moscow radio told of the,

fighting southwest and. southeast of‘, ‘rilla. munitions centre 100 miles south of Moscow. It said the Rue-l sians had destroyed 50 Germmi tanks and large numbers of infan- try in a. three-day battle. In their attempt to encircle Tula the Germans continually brought up reinforcements and pressed the a tack, but were thrown back by numerically-inferior Soviet troops, the account said.

‘I00 Vehicles, 50,000 Mon The Germans were said to be us- ing two tank divisions. the third

and fourth. and two infantry divls_ ions in the assault. This would

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butter production In Canada up

OTTAWA. Nov. 2l—(CP)--But- tel- production in Canada at the end of October showed a. nine rper cent increase over the some pe od last year wiille a slight decrease was recorded in factory cheese pro- duction, figures released today by the Department of Agriculture

showed. Butter roduction last month to- talled 34. .331 pounds. a 10 per r, 194-0. Cheese production at. 15,130,884 pounds for the month was a. five per cent drop from October, 1940.

with the output up nine per cent.

News Briefs

MOSCOW, Nov. 2 -(Satur- day)-—(AP)- The oscow ra- dio reportcd early today that a massive column of British tanks, several miles long, had been driven into action by So- viet tankmen today.

OTTAWA, Nov. 21 -(CP) — Cur- tallment of domestic washing mn- chine production to 75 per cent. oi 1940 out ut, under a recent order 0i the con roller of supplies, will ro- sult iii the conservation over a i2- nionth period of sufficient steel to make 3E0 universal carriers, enough aluminum to make 30 Hurricane fighters, and enough rubber for 100,- 000 gas masks. the munitions dc- partment said today.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2i —(AI’) —The German radio reporter! today that a Russian soldier. identified as the son of foreign oommlssar V. ‘ ‘ Molotov. had been taken prisoner on the eastern front.

WASHLNCYION, Nov. 2l-(A.P)— A series of conferences between rall- road union and management re e- sentativea on the threatened na on- wide railroad strike ended abruptly tonight after a five-minute season. with a hint that the latest peace effort had b08864 down-

OTTAWA. Nov. ll—((1l’)— Trade Minister Maclilnnon said ton ht he is convinced the tin American aatio enter the war as "our allies In arms" before the war- is aver.

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Farms depleted Around Amherst

, N. 5., Nov. ii-(O!) Aihtablislunent of war is town has had of disoflmizing the agricultural life. U. W. Haynes said M “iolcali N...‘ d itn clear o s an gone n

the employ of industrial concerns

he . ginning W85 iii a decline with- in a radius of miles of the

Control, it has been announced It Ottawa. Since January i940. he has been Movement Cons-fol Officer at,

Alr Force Headquarters Ottawa. Previoiuly he was employed in rail and steamship transportation ac- tivitlics with headquarters in Mon- trea .

Believe Nazis Will avoid Daylight raids

OTTAMIA, Nov. 21-671‘)- Heroes of hundreds of all‘ battles over England and the channel, two Royal Air Force aces-said tonight they were sionfident the badly-battered German air force would never again try a full-out daylight. assault on the United

dam,

They called German pilots "goosestep fliers" who flew well “according to the book but are stupid when their fol-ima- tions are broken up and they have to fight. as individuals."

The men who Judged. Aha .- Gei-man alr force and its fliers were in a. position to know. They were Wing Cmdr. A. G. Maian, D.S.0. and Bar, D.F.C. and Par, credited with down- ing 35 Nazi machines, and Wing Cmdr. Roland S. S. Tuck D.S.O., D.F.C. and two bars, credited with 2], victories.

Tuck is tail, tiiin and dark with a long scar on one cheek. Maian, born in South Africa and who was 12 years a sailor before he joined the R. A. I‘. is fair and of stouter build.

Both said they wished the Germans would try an air as- sault in strength again as they did in 1940 when the R. A. F. turned back tremendous odds.

“i just wish they'd come and try It," said Malan. “With our new machines and our in- creased ziir strength we would give them a welcome they would never forget.“

Murray re-slecteii To head C. I. 0.

DETROIT, Nov. 2l—(A.P)-~Phiiip Murray today accepted a secon . term as president of the Con ress‘ of Industrial Organizations wlh a! plea to government and business

co-opernte with labor in ood faithl and a declaration that e would‘ fight against any attempt to place] legislative "shackles" on union or- ganizations. l Murray. 55 years old and a veter- an of the labor movement. was re-: elected by ncciamatlon at the C. l. 01s annual convention. A 34-mln-, lite demonstration by the delegates when his name was placed in nom- ination indicated he had become the No 1 man in the C. I. 0. in fact as, well as title since he took over the top office when John L. lnqulshed it last year.

interpreting The War

By Kirke L. lllnpeon Associated Press Staff Writer

The strangest land battle in history, with opposing fleets of tanks manoeuvring ike naval squadrons at sea, has lnperent- a started on tale sends of the

byan desert.

The British armored legions and their Naai rivals who are the backbone of the Axis army in Libya, navigate the desert sands b star and sun si lite end rs. lo beanie, as so s find their we! about the wide seas.

0n ills battle may rest the destiny of if not the world. Hours, not days or weeks or months of diuggln slow-motion action, should bring‘ a decision.

W atever the British grand strategy ms be in the surg- ing weetwar drive from time is its prime elumzit. e attack was ousiy aimed

l) town ns a result of the war indus- tries. he said, adding thatl last

and launched in the belldf that once the German tank forces

summer manv 15""! D- - only enough to look after family

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Strife spreads In Yugoslavia

ZAGRBB, Croatia, New. g1 -—(A.P.)~F|ghtin; ‘ ‘t ’ u “civil war" gradual] la assum- ing greater proper inns in the Serbian part of dismembered Yumlavia. reports il-oin tin-- bulent area reported tonight.

Clashes yesterday and Wed. nesday among government . troops and dissidents referred ' to as "Communists" resulted in - s11 rebels lulled and hundreds i taken prisoner and executed, these report, said.

A new law aimed at dis- ~ couraging frequent attacks on ' trains and buses was ubiished l in Belgrade provid ng for 91907598 trees and bushes from ‘ a strip of land 500 yards wide on each slde of railroads and highways.

Estimate German Casualties 5 million

KULBYSHEV, Russia, Nov. 21_ (APl-S. A, hoaovsky, vice com- missar of foreign affairs, said to- day that Germany has suffered more than 5,000,000 casualties in the five months of her invasion of Russia.

"Despite successes, the, Gennari situation is worse now than at. the 50811111108." he declared. "Hope- lessness of the war for Hitler is clearer than ever before."

Nazi sources claimed Friday that 10.000000 Russians had been killed, wounded or captured since the war began June 21

Former Ambulance Driver gets Wings

BRANDON, Mam, Nov. 21 —(CP) —Nineteen-year-old John do is. _Pau11e, of New York, who won the Crolx De Guerre as a volunteer United States ambulance driver in

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Everybody

2, 1941

BATTLE RACING 0N LIBYAN

Situation in Tula area is Said serious

Red Army “Mobilizing All Forces” To Meet.

Tenth class Graduates At S’side

A member of the Royal Canad- ian Air Force from the United BMW-S. J. D. Browns of Oak Park, Illinois, led the tenth class of pilot graduates from No. 9 Service Fly- ing T111111"! school at Susnmerside. The double wings were presented to the class yesterday by Group Cap. tain E. G. Fullerton, officer com- manding the station.

There was one student from Nova

Scotiu, six from New Brunswick but. no Prince Edward Islanders. _ Teri states of the American Un- ion uml Newfoundland were repre- sented in addition to the Canadians The graduates included, J. 'D. 994M’. Truro, N. S.’ O. P. Downey, lilllsbolo. N-B; F‘. C. Bertelsen, Victoria County. n. , .1. N. Mitton, Moncton, N.B.; C. . MacNlnnlman, Mormon. N.B.: R. E. Sherwood, Monwm. N-B-c W. w. Smith. Wood- side, NB.

L80. S. M. Uzvilic. of Montreal, "11551118 following the crash of n‘ plane off Point Prim, P. E. l., Tues. doll, was a member of yesterday's Elnduatlng class, it was learned.

As Group Captain Fullerton pre- sented each man with the wlngg badge he expressed his congratula- tions to the pilot. Latel- the com- madirlg officer gave a short ad- dress to the class.

‘Despite unfavorable weather con- ditions many persons from Sum- merside attended the ceremony.

Resigns seat For N. S. Minister

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GermaTFo rce Said Trapped;

Drive Continues"

Units of one 55.2mm column 1O miles from great Italian airdrome; Fighting sweeps close to besi£g_e_d Tobruk.

CAIRO, Nov. ZZ—(Saturday)—(AP)--The British 8th army has encircled large units of the German armored forces in the Libyan desert below Tobruk. a general head- quarters spokesman announced early today, and its lines are holding fast against repeated counter-attacks intended to break the irap.

Three times the Germans, smashing with waning poiver in an effort to get through the circle, were beaten back.

GERMANS LOST HEAVILY .

By last night, the British military spokesman est!- maied, the German commander, LL-Gen. Erwin Rommel,

In two battles Thursday-the forerunners of the en- circlement-the Germans lost 130 tanks. Now, it was stated authoritatively, their losses are approximately three times those of the British forces.

A MAJOR COLLISION

All this was definitely a major collision between the main forces of the Axis and the British desert army.

Premier A. S. MacMillan announ- oed tonight D. n. Boyd, Liberal member-elect for Richmond, had resigned in a move to find a seat for Hon. L. D. Currie, Mines and Labor Minister, who was defeat- ed in the provincial general elec- tion last Oct. 2B. A by-eiection would be held in the riding Dec. l5, the Premier said.

Belgium and France in 1940, today received his Royal Canadian Air Force wings at No. 12 service flying training school here.

After WingCmdr. R. C. Gordon, commanding officer of the air sta- tion. pinned ihe will“ on his chest the young American who holds v;v- I id memories of Nazi Stuka pilots machine-gunning Red Gross 9.110 American ambulances overseas, ex-i pressed pleasure that "I will soon) be able to take a crack at ‘Jerry” with something more than an sm-l buliince." v

When war came in 1039. Jenn tried to join the French Air Force but found that due to lack of or- ganization and equipment they could not avail themselves of his services, he said. Then the young; medical-student at the Sorbonne‘, University tried to join the Royal‘ Air Force but was unable to do so, because he was a United States.

tizen.

With his medical experience an<l' ability to speak French important. assets, de la Paulie was quickly ac- ‘ cepted when he volunteered for ser- vice with the American ambulance corps in Belgium. Later he served with Gen. Charles De Gaullels Free French before returning to North America via Spain and Portugal.

" British planes

Press offensive From Malta

VALEITA, Malta, Nov. fll-(CP) -British planes iii the central Mediterranean are supporting the African offensive with tons of

l aide, and the big offensive into It-

,Newsman tells Now big drive Got ‘go’ signal

Big Rainstorm Was Streak Of Luck For British Invaders.

{By Godfrey Anderson) (Associated Press Staff Writer) WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS

IN LIBYA_ Nov. l8—tDeluyedJ-—(A P)—~Seated in a swivel chair in his armored office-truck the British general looked intently at hi; wrist- watch, gave a curt "go‘ order to an

alian Libya had begun.

A small cone of electric lighs shone on a maze of maps and p.1- pers on a big table before the gen

ai and ills own armored truck lurched ahead with hundreds of tanks and thousands of supply trucks.

It was dark in the desert with lightning flashes splitting the sky in the north toward the Mediter- railoiiil ccsist—a porioilt of the im- pending battle